Continuities and discontinuities in the socio-environmental systems of the Atacama Desert during the last 13,000 years

Calogero M. Santoro; Vivien G. Standen; Dante Angelo; Daniela Valenzuela; Paula C. Ugalde; and other authors.

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2016.08.006

Continuities and discontinuities in the socio-environmental systems of the Atacama Desert during the last 13,000 years

Calogero M. Santoro
, Vivien G. Standen
, Dante Angelo
, Daniela Valenzuela
, Paula C. Ugalde
, and other authors.

Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Universidad de Tarapacá

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Abstract

Understanding how human societies interacted with environmental changes is a major goal of archaeology and other socio-natural sciences. In this paper, we assess the human-environment interactions in the Pampa del Tamarugal (PDT) basin of the Atacama Desert over the last 13,000 years. By relying on a socio-environmental model that integrates ecosystem services with adaptive strategies, we review past climate changes, shifting environmental conditions, and the continuities and discontinuities in the nature and intensity of the human occupation of the PDT. As a result we highlight the importance of certain key resources such as water, an essential factor in the long-term trajectory of eco-historical change. Without water the outcome of human societies becomes hazardous.

Translated title of the contribution	Continuidades y discontinuidades en los sistemas socioambientales del desierto de Atacama durante los últimos 13.000 años
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-39
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Volume	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2016.08.006
State	Published - Jun 2017

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Keywords

Atacama Desert
Climate change
Continuities and discontinuities
Human-environment interaction
Hyperarid environments
Pampa del Tamarugal
Water

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